Waiting on the Feds: Several PV projects, factory expansions hinge on DOE loan guarantee decisions
December 31, 2010 | Comments Off
What do the California Solar Valley Ranch (250MW AC) and Agua Caliente (290MW AC) projects have in common? The obvious link is NRG Solar, which recently agreed to make hundreds of millions of dollars in equity investments and eventually buy the pair outright from SunPower and First Solar, respectively. But arguably the most important commonality the two projects share is this: both deals hinge on whether or not they get financing assistance from the Federal government in the form of a DOE loan guarantee.
NuGen and KDC Solar to develop solar projects in New Jersey through new joint venture
December 31, 2010 | Comments Off
NuGen Capital Management and KDC Solar have come together for the formation of a joint venture, which will aim to develop, construct, own and operate commercial-scale behind-the-meter PV solar installations in New Jersey. The projects will range in size from 1MW to 10MW, with the first project being installed on White Rose Food’s distribution warehouse in Carteret, New Jersey.
Order Focus: DelSolar to supply modules to North American customer
December 31, 2010 | Comments Off
DelSolar has signed a supply contract with an undisclosed North American PV market provider, in which DelSolar will supply solar modules worth around 22MW of generating capacity in 2011 to its customer. The price of the supply contract was not disclosed, but DelSolar did note that in the signed contract supply terms for product quantities and prices were accounted for.
Etrion finalizes Borgo Piave solar park and closes out 2010 with 47MW of operational solar projects
December 31, 2010 | Comments Off
Over the last few weeks, Etrion has been steadily completing solar installations, including a combined 4MW total of PV projects in Italy. Its latest solar park completion, the 3.5MW Borgo Piave solar park, has helped the company reach 47MW in operational solar parks for 2010.
Tessera sells Calico Solar project to K Road; new owner to switch to PV
December 31, 2010 | Comments Off
After Southern California Edison canceled a power purchase agreement with Tessera Solar for the Calico Solar farm earlier this week, the development company has sold the project to K Road Sun, a subsidiary of K Road Power Holdings, for an undisclosed sum. K Road said that it will convert the first 750MW of the 850MW of the project to photovoltaic modules rather than Tessera’s concentrating solar thermal technology initially planned for deployment.
Earthships in the Desert – Houses Made of Garbage
December 31, 2010 | Comments Off
The ABC Nightline video below is a story about environmentally-friendly houses near Taos, New Mexico and in other areas made from mud and items found in garbage. Electric power comes from solar energy. Utility bills can be only $100 per year for propane which powers the kitchen range.
Etrion completes another 1MW Italian PV project
December 29, 2010 | Comments Off
Just one day after announcing the completion of the Matino solar park in Italy, Etrion has reached completion of its Rio Martino solar park in Lazio, Italy. The 1.7MW ground-mounted solar project will generate over 2 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year.
Xtreme Power and Xcel Energy to test energy storage and solar energy systems at SolarTAC
December 29, 2010 | Comments Off
Xtreme Power and Xcel Energy will cooperatively install a 1MW solar system at the Solar Technology Acceleration Center (SolarTAC) in order to gather operational data for energy storage combined with solar energy systems. Xtreme’s utility-scale energy storage Dynamic Power Resources (DPR) system will be used on the project to conduct various energy storage and grid asset functions, which include output smoothing, time shifting and forecast error mitigation.
Sunvalley Solar and Baoding TianWei partner for solar power promotion in California cities
December 29, 2010 | Comments Off
Sunvalley Solar will be teaming up with Baoding TianWei SolarFilms to advocate solar power systems in Palm Springs, Thermal City and other cities in the Eastern Los Angeles area. Sunvalley Solar has dedicated much of 2010 towards bring solar electricity and energy efficiency to farm owners in Palm Springs and Thermal City and looks forward to this partnership continuing the advancement of solar energy projects in the California region.
Solar Energy Initiatives signs LOI for US$1.2 million solar project with Delaware school
December 29, 2010 | Comments Off
Solar Energy Initiatives has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with a Delaware charter school for the development of a US$1.2 million solar PPA project. The rooftop system is expected to use around 1,325 solar panels and generate up to 300kW of solar energy. Solar Energy Initiatives looks to begin development on the project in early 2011 and reach completion during the fall of 2011.